GLW issue 667, published 2006-05-10.

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West Papuan flag raised outside Indonesian embassy

Alex Bainbridge, Sydney Sixty supporters of West Papuan self-determination held a flag-raising ceremony outside the Indonesian consulate in Maroubra on April 30. Joe Collins from the Australia-West Papua Association told the gathering that such

SOLOMON ISLANDS: Leaked email exposes RAMSI's neocolonialism

Doug Lorimer On May 4, by 28 to 22 votes, the Solomon Islands parliament elected Manasseh Sogavare as the country's prime minister. The Solomon Islands is a South Pacific archipelago-nation of 552,000 people — 80,000 of whom, mostly young men,

Case for socialism: West Papua and self-determination

In March, the immigration department granted temporary protection visas to 42 West Papuans, some of them independence activists, fleeing from persecution by the Indonesian state. The Indonesian government stated its strong disapproval and the

Staying relevant: unions and young workers

Zane Alcorn, Newcastle Plenty of young workers don't know much about unions, and there's a trend among people my age — in their early 20s — to see unions as pretty pointless. As one friend of mine, who works part-time at K-mart said, "You pay
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